Proverbs 28:19:3Prov.28.19.W3TAB
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָ֑חֶם
yisbealakhem
“will be satisfied with bread”
- Transliteration
- yis-be-A-la-khem
- Extended
- yihs-beh-AH-lah-khehm
- IPA
- /jis.bəˈʕaː.laːˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be satisfied with bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-be-A-la-khem
- clause
o-VED ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem
- sentence
o-VED ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem u-me-rad-DEF re-KIM yis-be-A-rish
Exegesis
In the first, oved {עֹבֵד | ʿô-ḇêḏ} ‘working’ takes admato {אַדְמָתוֹ | ’aḏ-mā-tô} ‘his land’ as object, followed by yisba {יִשְׂבַּע | yiš-bā‘} ‘will be satisfied’ governing lechem {לָחֶם | lā-ḥem} ‘bread’.
Root and etymology
ל־ח־ם
“bread, food”
In context — Proverbs 28:19
One who works his land will be satisfied with bread, but one who pursues worthless pursuits will be satisfied with poverty .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 28:19, so the Hebrew word יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָ֑חֶם (yisbealakhem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.28.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.19.W3.S1) and character.